Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-03-15
PARIS. MAINE, TUESDAY. MARCH Is. 1887.

In many phases the teffAces nave oeet
broken and cracked by elements beneath
the crsvise, sre filed with hot. hi'.ine
steam; pu, your ear down 70 the surface
Of the formation near these cracks and
far down beneath you can hear the rush
Ing. boiling waters. On the upper ter
race there il the fnFs, bathing tub on
the continent l, IA aboa, 30 rods Iona
and 20 rod. wide. |, Is supplied with
water. ho, and cold. - that the contents
Of the tub At one cnd arc Icy cold aud .,
the other boiling hot; between these
extremes are all the various grades OF
npsrAiurc. Nature has fixed things
VI" here. regardless Of cost.
oar d,y's ramble Among these springs,
the looking upoa all these wonders will
rrpay "a. for the expense Of our juorney
10 reach them and wearied with our
days work We will return 10 the hotel.
aud after tea we will stroll out on the
verandah. Let q, listen 10 the stories
being told by iha, liiile group Of cowboys
and ,rsppsn. They are amusing them
selves IN the A,,emp, 10 excel each other
In ,pinning big yarns Ha'k one old
fellos i. saying. "yoa don, know any-
thing about ho, weather up here in Mon-
tany Why dfiv stage a coach dosn IN
Afirlny oncs and one day i' was mos,
a~fully bot. and when iak The s'rap'
~ the mules thu, night | ioInd iha, the
brA.. backlss oithe gear bad all melted.
There va, moments silence during
which The tobacco smoke rose Ia thin
wreath. around ,he speakers. Then an
other brg,n, II drove stage aero" the
plains do~a Ia Nebraska and kansls
durins ihe gra..hopPsr famine. and neV
- s.w such sight. before or since Why
they were - big and 10, % bold that
very often a bis oae would hop uP on
the srsi beside me and uy to take the
rein, oai oi my very hands fact boys a.
tue as loi live"
Thrfr was a longer silento following
thar sory. bat IL wss sooa broken by =
tall. solrmn looking man Ia a backskin
su, "sooa after The var ! was up IN
the country b.tseen the Platte and the
YcllovHooe. The Indians were thicker
than ever mosquitoes wefs Ia Jersey.
Oas LAY vas tfsmp.ng through The
timber and came 20 place where The
trees ucfs al turned to sione-psirted !
think they call H.. bushes aud all wefe
stone. A. | stock looking .Aw What
bed been a tis bgG,lo he bad been run
Ming dosn through ih- timber aud there
be va, TUNED 10 ,olii stone. wen,
down % look q, him, and there n~
what had once bsen bis piece OF dirt
or iufl that bad been thrown up by h''
Zee, be De jumped and ihi, diii bad
turned 10 "oae And WAS up IN The Az
about f'af feet from the ground.
"D1n't believe no such yarns, growl'
"a hi. nsishbor. "fof - ! understand
natural law. gravity would have made
the stone fall 10 the ground.
"Din't claim 20 know how ii Vas
replied ihs o'her. IL was telling What /
Aw. The only way could satisfy my
.slf about j, was 70 suppose that gravity
psuif.l when the dirt did
Soon ano,hsr spoke A. foll'Wsi Il bad
an adventure up IN Idaho iso years aso.
1 vs., oai on ,he raneh and diin'i have
time % reach camp. % TUNED my pony
loose ard rolled mp ia my blanket And
wen' % sleep. When Avoks ! found
iha, zone rascllly Injan kad stole my
pony. bride. saddle and all Ivan no
Use 10 cry over split milk. 20 ,wi''ed a
gras rope and started out. hoping That |
might fad a stray mule that ! could ride
into camp. trAmp,d about three miles
and come 10 q guleh whI there wa'
water. aud there saw BIZ mule deer
dnnking. | bad a shooting gear %
threw one end Of the gfass rope and goi
good turn around The dser's hind lsg.
When be fsl, the rope draw tight be
vent so Zee, =, the hsi jump, aud ~en'
like s,reak over the plain. | didn''
dare 10 draw too tight On the rope for
fear i, would break. and l was Obliged
10 fun nine miles before | could gain
enough on the deer 10 ge, oao arm around
ti. neck % ,h., could U.S. my knife.
There "a. long silence. broken BY
my hisnd Ohio. who muiisred. "wsll'
tie li., are no, al found ia the east
anyway L O.